within the PPG hrvc dctoriorntcd tc tho oxtcnt thnt very fow should bo nvoilr.blcfor usc durin~ the next ~pcrotion. 2. I!!bssing: %ss pcrsonnol, Army cnd Air Force, vmicd from F, hi~h of 148 st~.rtin~, inlb.rch 1954, grsdunlly declining to 40 by Soptombor 1955. During tho period Ll~.rch 1954 to Soptombor 1955, sovorc.1 labor snving dcviccs wore inst~llcd in the moss; i.o, bread slioing m~ohinc, Olootric mo(’Lt SP.WS m.ndan r.dc?itonc.l dcop fat friCrO In Septom30r 1955, tho build up of popul~.tionbccwnc moro firm to tho mess officor Pnd plcns h?d to bo roviscd. By Fobrunry 1956, 1550 people were being sorvcd cnoh day. During this period, planning and prcparo.tionfor 0por8tion REDl?INGwas conducted in nntioipction of foodiq; 3600 pooplo. Additionr.1moss equipment vms dr,wvne Equipment wos moved ?.snoccss~ry in ordor to convert threo serving lines to six. FurniturG wns roarr”ngcd to gcin ~dditiom-1 sc~ting spnco thereby giving ~.totpl sc~ting c~.paoi*Y of 8000 %ss personnel were added as needed until n total of 33 Air Forco find65 Ar~7 cooks rnd 84 WQS wore required dnily during tho month of May 1956. pcrsonn~l c“.tingin tho moss incronscd frcm 1550 in Fobrumy 1956 to approximtoly 3500 in I:ky1956. flight lunch scotion projyrod 15,000 lunches during My The in- 1956. As the isl~.ndpopulation stflrtadto dccreosc in l~te July, the KP findmess personnel were rcducod accordingly. Pl?ns hove boon modo to turn in excess equipment fisit bocomos available and to rcduco the number of serving lines as soon ?s possible. Discipline among the pcrsonnol working in the kitchen “. b